List of racism-related films
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This is a list of films that deal with the topic of race or racism. The film title is followed by country and year of release:
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- 12 Years a Slave (US/UK, 2013)
- 30:e november (Sweden, 1995)
- 42 (US, 2013)
- 500 Years Later (US, 2005)
- A Dry White Season (US, 1989)
- A Family Thing (US, 1996)
- A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (US, 1982)
- A Lesson Before Dying (US, 1999)
- A Patch of Blue (US, 1965)
- A Soldier's Story (US, 1984)
- A Storm in Summer (US, 2000)
- A United Kingdom (UK, 2016)
- All The Way (US, 2016)
- Amazing Grace (UK, 2006)
- American History X (US, 1998)
- American Son (US, 2019)
- Americanese (US, 2006)
- Amistad (US, 1997)
- An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win (US, 2016)
- (US 1985)
- Animal (US, 2005)
- Apt Pupil (film) (US, 1998)
- Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (US, 1994)
- Bamboozled (US, 2000)
- The Bank Job (US, 2008)
- Barry (US, 2016)
- Beautiful Me(s): Finding Our Revolutionary Selves (US, 2008)
- The Believer (US, 2001)
- Belle (UK, 2013)
- Beloved (US, 1998)
- Bessie (US, 2015)
- The Best of Enemies (US, 2019)
- Betrayed (US, 1988)
- Betty and Coretta (US, 2013)
- Bird (US, 1988)
- The Birth of a Nation (US, 1915)
- The Birth of a Nation (US, 2016)
- Black Like Me (film) (US, 1964)
- Black Orpheus (Brazil, 1959)
- BLACKkKLANSMAN (US, 2018)
- Blazing Saddles (US, 1974)
- The Blind Side (US, 2009)
- Blood Done Sign My Name (US, 2010)
- Bojangles (US, 2001)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (US, 2006)
- Boycott (US, 2001)
- The Boys from Brazil (US, 1978)
- Brian's Song (US, 1971)
- Bridge to the Sun (US, 1961)
- Brocket 99 - Rockin' the Country (Canada, 2006)
- Broken Blossoms (US, 1919)
- A Bronx Tale (US, 1993)
- The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (US, 2002)
- Brother Future (US, 1991)
- Buck and the Preacher (US, 1972)
- Brother John (US, 1971)
- Buffalo Soldiers (TV) (US, 1997)
- Burden (US, 2018)
- The Butler (US, 2013)
- Canal Street (US, 2019)
- Cedar Boys (Australia, 2009)
- The Chamber (US, 1996)
- Circus (USSR, 1936)
- Class of '61 (US, 1993)
- Cloud Atlas (US, 2012)
- The Color of Friendship (US, 2000)
- The Color Purple (US, 1985)
- Colors (US, 1988)
- The Combination (Australia, 2009)
- Come See the Paradise (US, 1990)
- Conrack (US, 1974)[1]
- Continuous Journey (Canada, 2004)
- Corrina, Corrina (US, 1994)
- The Cotton Club (US, 1984)
- Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity (US, 2012)
- Crash (US, 2004)
- Crazy in Alabama (US, 1999)
- The Crimson Kimono (US 1959)
- Crisis At Central High (US, 1981)
- Crossfire (US, 1947)
- Cry, the Beloved Country (UK, 1951)
- Cry, the Beloved Country (South Africa/US, 1995)
- Cry Freedom (UK, 1987)
- A Day Without a Mexican (US, 2004)
- (US, 2003)
- Deadly Hero (US, 1976)
- Death By Hanging (Japan, 1968)
- The Defiant Ones (US, 1958)
- Detroit (US, 2017)
- Django Unchained (US, 2012)
- Do the Right Thing (US, 1989)
- Driving Miss Daisy (US, 1989)
- East Is East (UK, 1999)
- The Ernest Green Story (US, 1993)
- (UK, 1934)
- The Eternal Jew (Germany, 1940)
- The Express: The Ernie Davis Story (US, 2008)
- Far from Heaven (US, 2002)
- (US, 2001)
- Finding Forrester (US, 2000)
- Flags of Our Fathers (US, 2006)
- Flame in the Streets (UK, 1961)
- Focus (US, 2001)
- For Colored Girls (US, 2010)
- For Queen and Country (UK, 1988)
- Frankie and Alice (US, 2010)
- Free State of Jones (US, 2016)
- Freedom (US, 2014)
- Freedom Song (US, 2000)
- Freedom Writers (US, 2007)
- Fried Green Tomatoes (US, 1991)
- Fruitvale Station (US, 2013)
- (US, 2014)
- Gangsta's Paradise (US, 1995)
- Gentleman's Agreement (US, 1947)
- Get On The Bus (US, 1996)
- Get On Up (US, 2014)
- Get Out (US, 2017)
- Ghosts of Mississippi (US, 1996)
- Giant (US, 1956)
- Glory (US, 1989)
- Glory Road (US, 2006)
- Gone With the Wind (US, 1939)
- Gospel Hill (US, 2008)
- Gran Torino (US, 2009)
- Greased Lightning (US, 1977)
- The Great Debaters (US, 2007)
- The Great White Hope (US, 1970)
- Green Book (US, 2018)
- The Green Mile (US, 1999)
- Guess Who (US, 2005)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (US, 1967)
- Hairspray (US, 1988)
- Hairspray (US, 2007)
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (US, 2004)
- Harriet (US, 2019)
- Hart's War (US, 2002)
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (US, 1999)
- The Help (US, 2011)
- Hidden Figures (US, 2017)
- Hidden Colors (US, 2011)
- (US, 1995)
- Higher Learning (US, 1995)
- Hitler's Children (US, 1943)
- Home of the Brave (US, 1949)
- Hotel Rwanda (US, 2004)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (US, 1996)
- The Hurricane (US, 1999)
- I Am Not Your Negro (US, 2016)
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (US, 1979)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (US, 2018)
- Imitation of Life (US, 1959 film)
- In the Heat of the Night (US, 1967)
- Inappropriate Comedy (US, 2013)
- Inglorious Bastards (US, 2009)
- Intolerance (US, 1916)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (US, 1999)
- Invictus (2009)
- The Intruder (US, 1962)
- The Jackie Robinson Story (US, 1950)
- (US, 1995)
- Jojo Rabbit (US, 2019)
- The Journey of August King (US, 1995)
- Jud Süß (Germany, 1940)
- Jungle Fever (US, 1991)
- Just Mercy (US, 2019)
- Kalushi (South Africa, 2016)
- (US, 2002)
- Khaled (Canada, 2001)
- Kiku to Isamu (Japan, 1959)
- (US, 2018)
- Kings (US, 2017)
- Little Angel (Sri Lanka, 2002)
- La vita è bella (Italy, 1997)
- Lady Sings the Blues (US, 1972)
- Lakeview Terrace (US, 2008)
- LBJ (US, 2016)
- The Landlord (US, 1970)
- The Last Victims (South Africa, 2019)
- Lean on Me (US, 1989)
- (US, 2003)
- Lincoln (US, 2012)
- The Long Walk Home (US, 1990)
- Long Walk to Freedom (US, 2013)
- Losing Isaiah (US, 1995)
- Lost Boundaries (US, 1949)
- Love Field (US, 1992)
- Loving (US, 2016)
- Malcolm X (US,1992)
- The Man Who Knew Infinity (US, 2015)
- Manderlay (US, 2005)
- Marshall (US, 2017)
- Men of Honor (US, 2000)
- (US, 1993)
- Milk (US, 2006)
- (US, 2006)
- Miss Evers' Boys (US, 1997)
- Mississippi Burning (US, 1988)
- Mississippi Masala (US, 1991)
- (US, 1990)
- Monster's Ball (US, 2001)
- Mr. and Mrs. Loving (US, 1996)
- Mudbound (US, 2017)
- My Past Is My Own (US, 1989)
- Native Son (US, 1986)
- Nattbuss 807 (Sweden, 1997)
- Night Catches Us (US, 2010)
- Nightjohn (US, 1996)
- No Way Out (US, 1950)
- The North Star (US, 2016)
- Nothing But a Man (US, 1964)
- Once Upon a Time in China (HK, 1992)
- One Potato, Two Potato (US, 1964)
- The Paperboy (US, 2012)
- Paris Blues (US, 1961)
- Pariyerum Perumal (India, 2018)
- A Patch of Blue (US, 1965)
- The Pianist (US, 2002)
- Pink Floyd – The Wall (US, 1982)
- Pinky (US, 1949)
- Places in the Heart (US, 1984)
- Planes: Fire and Rescue (US, 2014)
- Planet of the Apes (US, 1968)
- Pocahontas (US, 1995)
- The Power of One (US 1992)
- Pressure Point (US, 1962)
- Pride (US, 2007)
- Q & A (US, 1990)
- Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia, 2002)
- Race (US, 2016)
- Ragtime (US, 1981)
- A Raisin in the Sun (US, 1961)
- A Raisin in the Sun (US, 2008)
- Ray (US, 2004)
- Remember the Titans (US, 2000)
- Reel Bad Arabs (US, 2006) A documentary film based on the book of the same name by Jack Shaheen.
- Reel Injun (US, 2009)
- Romper Stomper (Australia, 1992)
- Rosewood (US, 1997)
- Ruby Bridges (TV) (US, 1998)
- (US, 2001)
- Salt of the Earth (US, 1954) One of the first films to show protagonists overcome racial divisions to achieve success.
- Sankofa (US, 1993)
- Sarafina (US, 1992)
- Saroja (Sri Lanka, 2000)
- Savannah (US, 2013)
- Schindler's List (US, 1993)
- School Daze (US, 1988)
- School Ties (US, 1992)
- The Great Debaters (US, 2007)
- The Secret Life of Bees (US, 2008)
- (US, 1999)
- Selma (US, 2014)
- Selma, Lord, Selma (US, 1999)
- Sergeant Rutledge (US, 1960)
- Shadows (US, 1959)
- Shaft (US, 1971, with sequels in 1972 and 1973)
- The Shawshank Redemption (US, 1994)
- Shock Corridor (US, 1959)
- Show Boat
- Sins of the Father (US, 2002)
- Skin (Africa, 2008)
- Slam (Australia, 2018)
- Snow Falling On Cedars (US, 1999)
- A Soldier's Story (US, 1984)
- Something New (US, 2006)
- Something The Lord Made (US, 2004)
- Soul Man (US, 1986)
- (Us, 1996)
- Sounder (US, 1972)
- Speak Up! It's So Dark (Sweden, 1993)
- The Spook Who Sat by the Door (US, 1973)
- Stand and Deliver (US, 1988)
- Steel Toes (Canada, 2006)
- Straight Outta Compton (US, 2015)
- Story of a Three Day Pass (US, 1968)
- Talk To Me (US, 2007)
- Taxi (Spain, 1996) (not to be confused with the French film of the same name)
- The Banker (US, 2020)
- The Forgiven (US, 2017)
- The Hate U Give (US, 2018)
- The Retrieval (US, 2013)
- The Rosa Parks Story (US, 2002)
- This Is England (UK, 2007)
- ...tick...tick...tick... (US, 1970)
- A Time To Kill (US, 1996)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (US, 1962)
- To Sir, with Love (US, 1967)
- Triumph of the Will (Germany, 1935)
- Tula: The Revolt (US, 2013)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (TV) (US, 1995)
- Toussaint Louverture (France, 2012)
- Two Family House (US, 2000)
- (Canada, 2007)[2]
- Utopia (2013 film) (Australia, 2013)
- Watermelon Man (US, 1970)
- The Walking Dead (US, 1995)
- The Way Home: Women Talk about Race in America (US, 1998)
- West Side Story (US, 1961)
- (US, 2015)
- White Chicks (US, 2014)
- White Dog (US, 1982)
- White Man's Burden (US, 1995)
- White Men Can't Jump" (US, 1992)
- Whitewash (TV) (US, 1994)
- Winnie Mandela (US, 2011)
- Zebrahead (US, 1992)
- Zootopia (US, 2016)
See also[]
- Blaxploitation
- Films about race
- List of skinhead films
- Lists of films
- List of films featuring colonialism
- List of films featuring slavery
- Political cinema
- Race movie
- Antisemitism
References[]
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071358/
- ^ Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust: The Untold Story of the Aboriginal Genocide Archived 2005-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. Hidden from History.org. Accessed 4 March 2009.
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Categories:
- Lists of films by topic
- Films about race and ethnicity
- Films about racism
- Lists of films by common content